-
-
A prospective study of men and women showed that duration of sleep is correlated with coronary artery calcification with 1 hour more of sleep daily reducing the odds of calcification over 5 years by 33%.
-
Utilizing genotyping for warfarin therapy in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation may not be cost-effective.
-
Proton pump inhibitors given concomitantly with clopidogrel administered after acute myocardial infarction appear to diminish the beneficial effects of clopidogrel, thus increasing the risk of re-infarction.
-
Evaluation of the clinical course of the 21,094 eligible U.S. male physicians in the Physicians' Health Study revealed that an elevated BMI in both pre-obese and obese subjects was associated with an increased risk of CHF and that vigorous physical activity was associated with a decreased risk of CHF.
-
For persons aged 65 or older in the United States, congestive heart failure (CHF) remains the most common diagnosis for hospital admission.
-
Malaria ranks among the world's most important infectious diseases. The last year for which good statistics have been amassed, 2006, saw 250 million cases and at least one million deaths.
-
This exploratory study investigated the relationship between respiratory infections and MBL serum concentrations and the presence of six SNPs in the MBL2 gene promoter region (alleles H/L, X/Y, and P/Q) and exon 1 (wild type allele A and variant alleles B, C, and D) using real-time PCR.
-
An increasing number of reports document transmission of MRSA between humans and animals, including people and their pets, horse trainers, and farm personnel.
-
